New Kids Turbo (2010)

Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.

Directors:

Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil

Writers:

Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil

Stars:

Huub Smit, Tim Haars, Wesley van Gaalen

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Huub Smit	...	Richard Batsbak
Tim Haars	...	Gerrie van Boven
Wesley van Gaalen	...	Rikkert van Boven
Steffen Haars	...	Robbie Schuurmans
Flip Van der Kuil	...	Barrie Butsers
Nicole van Nierop	...	Manuela
Ruud Matthijssen	...	Henk Snackbar
Lars Boekhorst	...	Guy with Down syndrome
Bart de Rijk	...	Cop Adrie
Daan van Dijsseldonk	...	Reporter
René Eljon	...	E.N.G. camera operator (as Rene Eljon)
Samuel Both	...	Danny
Djim Leenheers	...	Nicky
Chung Hwa Chao	...	Chinese man
Guido Pollemans	...	D'N Dave

Storyline

Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are being fired because of the economic crisis. They decide not to pay for anything anymore. They're stealing beer and food, while the police tries to end their efforts. Unfortunately, the retarded cop from Maaskantje is unable to stop the five friends so the minister of defense decides to send help....

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Plot Keywords:

written and directed by cast member

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

9 December 2010 (Netherlands)

Filming Locations:

's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

€1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Comedy Central, Benelux Film Distributors

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

DJ Paul Elstak was asked to appear in the movie and compose a song, since he is the musical hero of the five main characters. For his appearance, he even grew his signature mustache from the nineties.

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Goofs

When Gerrie is late for work, he sneaks in and takes his forklift truck. He rides into a couple of flat-screen TV's box with LG on it. When he takes the TV out of the box to test it, it is a Samsung television.

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Quotes

Richard Batsbak: Meer wapens de man.
Gerrie van Boven, Rikkert van Boven, Robbie Schuurmans, Barrie Butsers: Ja!

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Connections

Followed by New Kids Nitro (2011)

User Reviews

I thought Dutch films could not sink any deeper...

I must say, I didn't have high expectations when I saw the film and even the expectations I had, were shattered.

I really enjoyed the sketches of the first two seasons (which at first weren't aired on TV, only on the internet (http://www.flabber.nl/)). These were really good. The sketches of the third season which were aired on Comedy Central in the Netherlands were not as good, but still made me chuckle from time to time. Then came the film New Kids Turbo. I did not expect a film made from characters out of sketches to be a success, and it really wasn't.

Okay, the actors played their roles relatively OK, but the entire film sucked. I see the resemblance with the 90's culture in Noord-Brabant (I grew up near Maaskantje in the 90's) and that's about the only positive thing about New Kids Turbo.

I didn't laugh once during the entire film, which is not a good thing, considering that it was supposed to be a comedy. Furthermore the storyline was really bad (there was no story). Halfway through the film I was thinking about turning it off, alas I did not. The entire film consists of cursing, shooting, and more cursing. Not really my idea of a fun time. Everything in this film is exaggerated, which is not actually a bad thing, but it is in this case when the entire youth of Holland is pretending to be a 'new kid'.

All in all, my advice to you is: do not see this film! There are a lot of much better Dutch films! I really hope they decide to not make a sequel...